-leg
Catalan
Suffix
-leg m (feminine -loga, masculine plural -legs, feminine plural -logues)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “-leg” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “-leg”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “-leg” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Hungarian
Etymology
See at -lag.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-leg
- (adverb-forming suffix) -ly. Added to a word to form an adverb. Today it is mainly used with adjectives suffixed with -i and present participles. In the past, it was added to different parts of speech.
- valószínű (“probable”) → valószínűleg (“probably”)
- (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun. It is no longer productive in this role.
- (frequentative verb-forming suffix, rare) Added to a stem to form a verb denoting repetitive action.
- szédeleg (“to feel dizzy”)
Declension
(noun-forming suffix):
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -leg | -legek |
| accusative | -leget | -legeket |
| dative | -legnek | -legeknek |
| instrumental | -leggel | -legekkel |
| causal-final | -legért | -legekért |
| translative | -leggé | -legekké |
| terminative | -legig | -legekig |
| essive-formal | -legként | -legekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | -legben | -legekben |
| superessive | -legen | -legeken |
| adessive | -legnél | -legeknél |
| illative | -legbe | -legekbe |
| sublative | -legre | -legekre |
| allative | -leghez | -legekhez |
| elative | -legből | -legekből |
| delative | -legről | -legekről |
| ablative | -legtől | -legektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
-legé | -legeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
-legéi | -legekéi |
| Possessive forms of -leg | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | -legem | -legeim |
| 2nd person sing. | -leged | -legeid |
| 3rd person sing. | -lege | -legei |
| 1st person plural | -legünk | -legeink |
| 2nd person plural | -legetek | -legeitek |
| 3rd person plural | -legük | -legeik |
(frequentative verb-forming suffix):
conjugation of -leg
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | -lgek | -legsz | -leg | -lgünk | -legtek | -legnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | -legtem | -legtél | -lgett | -legtünk | -legtetek | -legtek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. -legni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | -lgék | -lgél | -lge | -lgénk | -lgétek | -lgének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. -leg vala, -lgett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | -lgendek | -lgendesz | -lgend | -lgendünk | -lgendetek | -lgendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | -legnék | -legnél | -legne | -legnénk | -legnétek | -legnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. -lgett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | -legjek | -legj or -legjél |
-legjen | -legjünk | -legjetek | -legjenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. -lgett légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | -legni | -legnem | -legned | -legnie | -legnünk | -legnetek | -legniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| -lgés | -lgő | -lgett | ― | -legve (-legvén) | |||||
potential conjugation of -leg
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | -leghetek | -leghetsz | -leghet | -leghetünk | -leghettek | -leghetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | -leghettem | -leghettél | -leghetett | -leghettünk | -leghettetek | -leghettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | -legheték | -leghetél | -leghete | -legheténk | -leghetétek | -leghetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. -leghet vala, -leghetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | -leghetendek or -lgandhatok |
-leghetendesz or -lgandhatsz |
-leghetend or -lgandhat |
-leghetendünk or -lgandhatunk |
-leghetendetek or -lgandhattok |
-leghetendenek or -lgandhatnak | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | -leghetnék | -leghetnél | -leghetne | -leghetnénk | -leghetnétek | -leghetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. -leghetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | -leghessek | -leghess or -leghessél |
-leghessen | -leghessünk | -leghessetek | -leghessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. -leghetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (-leghetni) | (-leghetnem) | (-leghetned) | (-leghetnie) | (-leghetnünk) | (-leghetnetek) | (-leghetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (-leghetve / -leghetvén) | ||||
Usage notes
- (adverb-forming suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -lag is added to back vowel words
- -leg is added to front vowel words
- (frequentative verb-forming suffix) No longer productive. Harmonic variants and alternative forms:
Derived terms
See also
References
- -leg in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Icelandic
Suffix
-leg
- inflection of -legur:
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- (former reform[s] only): -lig
Etymology
Pronunciation
Suffix
-leg (indefinite singular -leg, definite singular and plural -lege, comparative -legare, indefinite superlative -legast, definite superlative -legaste)
See also
References
- “-leg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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